FHP: Fatal crash claims motorcyclist on Interstate 4

A St. Petersburg motorcyclist has died after being hit by a car on Interstate 4 in Orlando early Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Axel Diarza Flores, 34, was traveling westbound on I-4 when a car driven by Luis Santana Sanchez, 23, of Orlando, came behind him in the outside lane and did not slow down, the FHP report said. The front right of Sanchez's vehicle struck Flores' cycle from behind, it said.

After driving onto the north shoulder and overturning multiple times, Flores was thrown from the vehicle. He was not wearing a helmet. Flores died at Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Sanchez's car went across the westbound lanes and hit the guard rail. He was not injured, FHP said.

The incident was at 12:40 a.m. Sunday near mile marker 73 of the interstate.